Monthly Archives: September 2015

Public Environmental Rights Last article introduced us to the doctrine of the public trust and it applicability to wildlife conservation. In my legal research there are a number of articles on point. Articles such as Rescuing Wolves from Politics: Wildlife as a Public Trust Resource by Jeremy T. Bruskotter, […]

Public Trust Doctrine and Wildlife Conservation What is the Public Trust Doctrine (PTD)? This legal concept originates from Roman civil law. Roman Emperor Justinian in AD 530, convened his top legal advisors to codify the laws of the Empire into what is referred as “The Institutes of Justinian.” The […]